BASILAN PROVINCE – A suspected bomber managed to flee from the police after he was intercepted in Isabela City in the restive province of Basilan in southern Philippines, officials said Monday.
Officials said the unidentified man abandoned a bag containing three 60mm mortar bombs, parts of a cellular phone and other bomb paraphernalia. He was spotted by members of the 15th Special Force Company at a cemetery in the village of La Piedad.
Policemen fired warning shots but the man continued running and disappeared inside the cemetery.
A series of bombings have been reported in Isabela City in recent weeks and police largely blamed the Abu Sayyaf for the attacks. But in one attack, the bomber fled on board a pick-up truck which was unlikely the handiwork of the militant group.
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